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I see lots of you here mentioning QQQ and VOO as “set it and forget it” funds, but what…
Posted on 5/20/25 at 8:26 am
Posted on 5/20/25 at 8:26 am
..about Vanguard’s MGK or Fidelity’s Contrafund FCNTX? I personally love those two.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 8:28 am to auwaterfowler
Mgk is gonna have a lot of overlap with qqq and voo. Just different weights.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 8:50 am to auwaterfowler
FCNTX has a very high expense ratio. Sort of goes against the set and forget it funds ideal of low cost
Posted on 5/20/25 at 8:50 am to auwaterfowler
When they largely track the same, just do the one that has the lowest fees. VOO and QQQM are the best known generally.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:12 am to UltimaParadox
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FCNTX has a very high expense ratio. Sort of goes against the set and forget it funds ideal of low cost
I’m ok with a portion of my portfolio costing me 0.63% for a product that has averaged 12.86% annually since 1967.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:18 am to auwaterfowler
I've been buying a lot of SPMO lately primarily because it isn't as tech heavy as most of the other mega cap funds
Posted on 5/20/25 at 9:57 am to 632627
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I've been buying a lot of SPMO lately primarily because it isn't as tech heavy as most of the other mega cap funds
Meh, they are over 30% just less diversified.
NVDA NVIDIA Corp 9.39
AMZN Amazon.com Inc 8.40
META Meta Platforms Inc 8.29
TSLA Tesla Inc 5.15
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:07 am to auwaterfowler
I think FXAIX is the preferred fidelity equivalent
I have SPLG and SCHG as my fuhget aboud its
I have SPLG and SCHG as my fuhget aboud its
This post was edited on 5/20/25 at 10:11 am
Posted on 5/20/25 at 10:25 am to AaronDeTiger
MGK and the like are over 60% tech.
SPMO is less tech heavy than voo.
SPMO is less tech heavy than voo.
Posted on 5/20/25 at 12:05 pm to auwaterfowler
SPYG could be in this conversation. Many of the same stocks as others mentioned and an expense ratio of 0.04%
Posted on 5/21/25 at 1:13 am to auwaterfowler
It also invest part in private companies that the other funds cannot do. It’s worth putting some in. And has outperformed the index. A part because of those private holdings.
Posted on 10/25/25 at 8:21 am to PlanoPrivateer
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SPYG
I’ve heard and read some good things about this fund lately. Might be worth looking into.
Posted on 10/25/25 at 10:54 am to Paul Allen
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I’ve heard and read some good things about this fund lately. Might be worth looking into.
Can't go wrong with any of the big cap growth funds such as spyg, schg or the various vanguard offerings (mgk, voog, vug). I think the only difference is how many underlying stocks they hold, some are around 100, others are a bit more spread out and push 200.
I think schg has the most AUM
Posted on 10/25/25 at 11:30 am to auwaterfowler
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I’m ok with a portion of my portfolio costing me 0.63% for a product that has averaged 12.86% annually since 1967.
12 . 86 % is interesting, persuasive, and powerful
Is their any downside risk?
I am afraid of buying at the top , then VOO drops 50 percent.
The recovery time to get back to even is 6 or 7 years maybe.
I may look into dollar cost average strategy.
Posted on 10/25/25 at 11:40 am to auwaterfowler
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Vanguard’s MGK
Do they have admiral for this? I'm not seeing it
Posted on 10/25/25 at 1:07 pm to auwaterfowler
I created a custodial account to help teach my son about investing. He chose Disney, Fortnight, and Ubisoft, so obviously I overrode his choice and bought him VOO &VTI…that will be harder to conceal by the time he gets to middle school.
Posted on 10/25/25 at 1:28 pm to lsuconnman
quote:VOO and CNBC chill
“I think investors are looking beyond just the let’s call it the ‘VOO and chill approach’ where you just buy the index in an ETF, which is a great approach but they’re looking for diversification,” Filmore told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week.” “And they’re not finding it within the product or within the index, so they have to look beyond that.”
Filmore refers to the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
, which tracks the S&P 500
's performance. Both are up almost 16% so far this year.
‘Imbalance is the perfect word’
Meanwhile, Strategas Securities’ Todd Sohn contends investors are losing diversification by using the S&P 500 as a benchmark.
“Imbalance is the perfect word,” said the firm’s senior ETF & technical strategist in the same interview. He added technology
now accounts for more than 35% of the index, a record high.
Posted on 10/25/25 at 3:35 pm to dyerbro
quote:it used to be that. The Fed will crank up the printing press a-la 2009 and 2020
I am afraid of buying at the top , then VOO drops 50 percent.
The recovery time to get back to even is 6 or 7 years maybe.
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